Cruiserweight prospect Tommy Fury has rejected the idea of pursuing a fight with Youtube star Jake Paul - because he doesn't view him as a real boxer.

Fury, who is the younger brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has been trading words with Paul on social media.

Fury sports a record of 5-0 with four wins by knockout.

Paul, who made his pro debut in 2020, is 2-0 with two knockouts.

He is scheduled to return on April 17 on pay-per-view, in a fight with mixed martial arts veteran Ben Askren.

Fury picked up his fifth win last month and intends to see action a few more times in 2021.

"He's a YouTuber who has done very well for himself but he's trying to gimmick the boxing. That's what I see from my end. I don't see him as a real, legitimate boxer. I don't see him as anything," Tommy Fury told Sky Sports.

"If Tyson hadn't have brought it up, I would never have spouted his name. He's a YouTuber in America somewhere, I've got no interest. That chapter has closed now. I saw a Jake Paul interview where he said: 'The fight might be interesting one day'.

"If you want to fight, you want to fight. If you don't, you don't. I'd respect him more if he just said: 'Tommy is too advanced, he's been boxing all his life'. Just say that rather than say: 'The fight might happen'.

"Let's have it right; he won't want to step in the ring with me. If I were him, I wouldn't either. Leave him to it. He's a man who doesn't want to fight. He just wants to cause ruffles on social media to get his name out there. If Jake ever wants to fight, he knows where I am. If he stops playing around with singers, YouTubers and UFC men who are wrestlers, not fighters, then give me a call!"